Wind Rose
graphic novel
graphic novel
it is a comic that I began drawing since 2012 as a drawing exercise. Through out the years Wind Rose was teaching me how to draw and tell stories. Now Wind Rose has more than 20 million views on Webtoon and in 2023 the first volume was published by EKSMO Publishing house in Russia. The novel is still ongoing, 10 out of 15 chapters are done.
Sample pages created using digital
painting in Adobe Photoshop and Procreate
painting in Adobe Photoshop and Procreate
By the ninth chapter, I began to feel more confident in the traditional techniques of drawing on paper, and I starting panting my pages using watercolor and gouache.
Concept sketches for the some of the pages.
I make up all the pages of the comic in two formats - the classic format for the book and the scroll format for the mobile devices.
I use my computer to layout the panels and insert words. I try to do most of the steps, from the sketch to the final painting, on paper.
The materials that I use in the creation process may be different, but mostly they are watercolors, gouache, acrylic markers and colored pencils.
In addition to the main pages of the comic, I also draw additional illustrations of the main characters and elements of history.
In these illustrations, I draw a sketch on paper, then refine it on a computer, transfer the contours to paper or cardboard, and perform the final painting.
"Lava" cardboard, tempera, acrylic markers.
"Embrace" watercolor paper, watercolor, colored pencils.
Other examples of the pages of the first volume and the pages of the comic.
